Church collecting funds for slain woman's funeral

Published: Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:22 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4:22 p.m.

A Lexington church is collecting money to help pay for the funeral of a Lexington woman who died last week from injuries from an alleged assault by her boyfriend.

Sherry Bolden, a friend of Vicky Prim's family who's handling the funeral arrangements, said people who would like to help with the funeral can send checks to Freedom Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1242, Lexington, NC 27293. The checks need to be made out to Freedom Baptist Church, with Vicki Prim funeral and burial in the memo line.

Prim, of 41-B Mill St. in the Erlanger community, died late Wednesday afternoon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem as a result of injuries from an assault. Terry Dwayne Blanks, 42, of the same address, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death.

Bolden said the family needs about $5,300 to pay for the funeral and burial. She said a plot at the Lexington City Cemetery has been donated for Prim's burial. Bolden said two churches have donated a combined $400 for the funeral and burial.

Bolden said the family needs help with the funeral because Prim's father, William Lawhorn, had already been battling cancer. He's fought the illness for about three years, she said.

<p>A Lexington church is collecting money to help pay for the funeral of a Lexington woman who died last week from injuries from an alleged assault by her boyfriend.</p><p>Sherry Bolden, a friend of Vicky Prim's family who's handling the funeral arrangements, said people who would like to help with the funeral can send checks to Freedom Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1242, Lexington, NC 27293. The checks need to be made out to Freedom Baptist Church, with Vicki Prim funeral and burial in the memo line.</p><p>Prim, of 41-B Mill St. in the Erlanger community, died late Wednesday afternoon at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem as a result of injuries from an assault. Terry Dwayne Blanks, 42, of the same address, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death.</p><p>Bolden said the family needs about $5,300 to pay for the funeral and burial. She said a plot at the Lexington City Cemetery has been donated for Prim's burial. Bolden said two churches have donated a combined $400 for the funeral and burial.</p><p>Bolden said the family needs help with the funeral because Prim's father, William Lawhorn, had already been battling cancer. He's fought the illness for about three years, she said.</p>